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Why don't they just make a synthetic CBD & properly test it, put it through the whole FDA approval thing. I wonder, too, how much "drug" variation there is in this tincture/syrup, and how that could affect the patients.

As far as the ethics of giving kids medical marijuana, these are kids that NEED drugs. The options aren't pot or nothing, it's pot or intense pain meds, or intense neural regulators. Whatever they're on, they're going to have a high risk for side effects and addiction. I'd probably give marijuana a chance, it can't be any worse than the other options.

If the FDA approves the drug, then I think the FDA should be held liable for any future side-effect discoveries, not the drug companies. Drug companies bring in a lot of money, but they have to because of the ridiculous amounts they spend on r&d. Oh, and Viagra's been around for quite a while, it's a heart medication, and it's actually even used in pre-term babies with pulmonary hypertension. They're just marketing a side-effect of the drug.

Why do they need to make a snythetic version of CBD if natural CBD works? That's our problem, all this synthetic shit. They push synthetic versions of vitamins and I had no idea that taking a vitamin that is from real foods was even possible until recently. Why can't we just stay as natural as possible?

The one probelm about making a synthetic version of the chemical is that it does not always work the same way in the body as the real deal.

Case in point, ephedra herb. In its natural form it is beneficial for folks but in its synthesized form, pseudoephedrine, it can kill you at very low dosages. Now you have to ask for it and have your ID checked at the pharmacy counter so they can limit your access to it to be sure you're not cooking meth.

Of course any substance can be abused. People abuse food, even healthy foods. People have abused vitamins, hell you can even get water intoxication. The abuse of a substance is not the fault of the substance and making plants illegal is ridiculous. Novacain, lidocain, et. al. come from coca leaves, you know the same thing that makes cocaine. My sister drank coca leaf tea to help with alititude sickness while hiking in the Andes. Ritalin and it's related drugs are derived from methamphetamine. All things have a use, all can certainly be abused, you have to use your brain.

I found it very ironic when the dr in the original broadcast was talking about not knowing the long term effects of mj in kids. Guess what I was told about ds' chemo meds? That's right, they will save his life but they have no idea what the long term effects are specifically on his brain. He's going into first grade, got all A's last year and at any point it's possible thechemo could cause retroactive brain damage and he could stop being able to do math or not be able to read anymore. And the real kicker is they have no idea how likely it is to happen. But we saved his damn life.
During treatment he was on every rx nausea med they make and he still lost more than 10% of his body weight, he couldn't do a feeding tube because he'd just throw it up, he had to be admitted to be on iv fluids/nutrition more than once. I would have given himedibles in a heartbeat but was too scared it would be discovered and he'd be taken from me.

When you get to the point of wanting to give your kid mmj they've taken so many other meds with worse risks that the risks of mmj are laughable. It's cruel to make kids suffer without a med that is known to help just due to cultural bias.